whiff of schizophrenia

[OnBackground]

Do you believe that reading a variety of viewpoints broadens
the mind, then take a look at the piece by Bradley Smith, FEC
Chair, in the first May edition of the <em>National
Review</em> on why conservatives should leave 527s
alone.  The <em>American Spectator</em> (April
edition) offers names like those of former Treasury Secretary
Bob Rubin and NBC anchor Tom Brokaw to the usual mix of Kerry
vp possibilities and, later, trots out the specter of Hillary
in a second piece.  Also, there are some choice comments from
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. in the <em>Washington
Times'</em> Commentary section today:

<blockquote>Is there a whiff of schizophrenia to this
president? Only his closest advisers would know. The White
House keeps others at arms' length. George W. Bush's White
House is more insular than any presidency since that of Jimmy
Carter. It is surprising the liberals in the press do not
complain, but then those liberals are so biased against him
they have little grounds for complaint. No sensible president
would allow them near him. To them his every move is
derisible. Yet no one else sees much of this president either.
His father was not like that. Why he is so remote is a
mystery, as is the ebb and flow of his
energy.</blockquote> 

[boobooday]

1. I believe the clinical diagnosis would be: WHACKED.

Not firing on all cylinders.
Three beers short of a six pack and with an expired freshness date at that.

They keep him SOOO well hidden. I think it is so that he doesn't know what we think of him as much as hiding his complete ignorance and arrogance, which are considerable.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[aquart]

2. Narcissism with sociopathological behaviors.

There is no sign of schizophrenia.

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. You are correct!

Sir!
Narcissism with sociopathological behaviors pretty much sums it up.

Although we can hope that he feels inadequate once in a while too.

[The_camper]

4. Paranoid

I'd like to see the word paranoid used more with Bush. The phrase dumb/solid as a rock would be nice too...

[Robert Murphy]

5. ...

When the Washington Times has a beef with a Republican President, something is indeed seriously wrong with him. (Or seriously right with him; if I remember, the fringe Right press declared more or less open season on the relatively moderate administration of Bush Sr.)

Do I believe reading a variety of viewpoints broadens the mind? Certainly: reading the viewpoints of informed conservatives with a brain (e.g. David Brooks) doesn't usually change my opinion, but often informs it. The viewpoints of the likes of clueless, moronic idealogues like Anne Coulter only serve to bring out the blind partisan in me, but at least keep me abreast as to what the fringe Right is up to. (Although I think I read very little Anne Coulter nowadays that isn't encased in quotation marks.)

Cheers,

Robert

P.S. Er, you might want to change those <> to [] there, OnBackground. ;)